What is 'Super WiFi'?

Posted by James MacArthur to Technology on 24th September 2010 - 0 Comments

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to .....

Nah, not really. As cool as it would be to find 'Superman' the most we can really hope for is 'Super WiFi'. But what is it?

In a nutshell, its WiFi, thats all. But.... It operates on a completely different frequency. Why is that important? Well, our current wiFi uses the 2.4/5Ghz frequency which struggles when it comes to walls, bricks or even a few feet of empty space. This limits your connectivity, the placement of any wireless devices and the spped with which you can transmit.

'Super WiFi' is new, it utilises 50 - 700 MHZ, a much lower frequency range. This allows it to have an effective coverage area of miles not metres, brick walls, ceilings have no effect on it. meaning you now have total freedom of placement for your wireless devices, and could potentially even still be on your home network even while down the pub.

More over, bandwidth is HUGELY increased, you can expect speeds of 15-20Mbps similar to that of a cable modem. This means even when playing a movie over wireless you should be able to avoid that annoying 'stop / start' buffering causes.

Google has already jumped in and are trialing it at Logan, Ohio hospital, offering all the patrons super speedy wireless access.

This is still in its developmental stage, but in the not too distant future we could hopefully see this in our homes. Finger crossed.